Beidou

Far above our planet, China’s growing constellation of navigation satellites is offering more precision than ever, thanks to some down-to-earth support in North America. At least two ground monitoring stations for the Beidou satellite navigation system are now operating on the continent, one of which is located somewhere in the central United States, according to ...

The applications of satellite navigation and positioning services in China have seen steady growth in the first half of 2022, with shipments of smartphones supporting the BeiDou Navigation Satellite System (BDS) exceeding 130 million, according to a BDS applications conference that opened here Wednesday. In the first half of this year, the overall revenue and ...

Zespół naukowców z Uniwersytetu Przyrodniczego we Wrocławiu (Radosław Zajdel) i Niemieckiej Agencji Kosmicznej DLR (Peter Steigenberger oraz Oliver Montenbruck) opublikował właśnie pracę, w której przeprowadzono ocenę potencjalnego wykorzystania chińskiej konstelacji BeiDou trzeciej generacji (BDS-3) z satelitami na średniej orbicie okołoziemskiej (MEO) do realizacji skali ziemskich układów odniesienia.

One of the technologies that back up the smart facilities is the Beidou Navigation Satellite System, China’s homegrown system known for its high-precision positioning service. At a farm in Pingyuan county, Shandong province, farmers at Pingyuan Luwang Agricultural Development Co have been using tractors equipped with the Beidou system to plant soybeans between rows of ...